Wire tape



Oct. 31, 1933 C' D JoHNSON WIRE TAPE 1933266 original Fild April 5 1930g L Coninued y lnVel1+O Ches DJ n by www( ATHS.

Patented ct. 31, 19x33 UNITED STATES.

, 1,933,266, WIRE TAPE Charles Johnson, Worcester, Mass., assigner toJohnson Steel & Wire Company,

vMass.,` a corporation Vof ll/Iassa- Y.

i Worcester, l chusettsV Original application lApril Inc.,

3, 1930,v serial' No.

441,364, now Patent No. 1,876,953, dated Septomber 13, 1932. Divided andthis application November 23, 1931. Serial No. 576,735`

a anims. (o1. 2451-15) 3 of the tire casing and the tape whichis nowcommonly used comprises three or more wires arranged in spaced parallelrelation an'dconnected together by a cross wire which is interwovenwithv the longitudinal wires. v

It is one object of my present inventionto'provide a novel wire tapewhich can be 'made more expeditiously' and with less expense than `thewire tape which is now commonly used.

My improved wire tape comprises al plurality l jof wires arranged inspaced .parallel relation and connected together at spaced intervals bysolderl or some other suitable material whereby Leachy wire is preventedfrom any turning or twisting movement relative to any other wire. Thesol -dering of the wires together is preferably done progressively asthe wires are moving forward inA spaced parallel relation. The wiresforming the tape are often coated with a copper 'coatingand if this isdesired the tape may be subjected to a ''.coating operation after thewires are connected together. i

ln my improved wire tape the `spaced-'wires arev wire tape wherein theWires are connected by the.

tie wire interwoven therewith.

ln order/ to give an understanding of thev iri-v vention I haveillustrated in the drawing some selected embodiments thereof which willnow be described, after which the novel features will be pointed out inthe appended claims.

In the drawing, Fig. l is a view representing one form of wire tapeembodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating a diierent form of tape embodyingthe invention; K

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line l33, Fig. 4; and

Fig. 4 is a'diagrammatic view illustrating the tape embodying myinvention.

rlhe wire tape shown in Fig. 1 comprises three strands of wirel, 2 and 3which are arranged in -parallel spaced relation, said Wires beingrigidly retain its iiat shape.

connected together'at intervals by solder -or some' other suitablematerial as shown` at 4v and 5,.

In Fig. 1 the wires 1 and 2 are unitedby solder or other material at thepoints 4 while the wires 2 and 3 are united by solder or othernfiaterialv at spaced intervals 5. The places 4 at which the wires l and2 are soldered together are staggered orl alternate with the places 5 atwhich the wires 2 and 3 are soldered together;r In-Fig. 2 a form of wiretape is shown inwhich all the wires of the tape are soldered together atthe same spaced intervals 6; l I

With this construction each wire is rigidly con.

'nected to its adjacent Wire at spaced intervals and hence the wires areprevented from shiftingy their position relative to each other eitherlongitudinally or about their axes. A Wire tape having this constructionwill not twist or curl but will..

One way of making a wire tape of this type is` vtosolder .the wirestogether progressively as the' wires are being moved forward in parallelspaced relation. f i

fIn Fig. 4 I haveillustrated diagrammatically 'now thismaybe-accomplished. The wires which are to make up the tape are lirstcleaned by passing them through an acid bath and after being. washed arepassed through a solderingy acid bath to preparejthern for the solderingoperation.

From .this bath the wires pass through a soldering device whichisconstructed-to drop solder on the wires at spaced intervals therebyunitingy the wires as above described. If it is desired that the wires.forming the tape should vbe copper plated then the soldered-togetherwires maybe passed through a plating bath by which the copper plate willbe applied. 4 1 f Referring now in detail to`Fig.-4 7 indicates an acidbath through which the wires,v indicated at w, and from which tape is tobe y formed, are passed for the vpurpose of cleaningthem. Since saidFig.V :i` is in thenature of a diagrammatic side view only asinglestrand offwire is shown,

` perpendicular to the paper. Y

After passing through the acid bath 7 the wires l The wires now havebeen thereby receiving the coating of acid necessary to perform thesoldering operation.

After leaving the bath 11 the wire is passed between other wipers12which,v remove surface A acid, and then they pass over grooved rollers13 which serve to space the wires the proper. distance apart. thesoldering device by which the solder is deposited on the prepared wiresat spaced inten. vals.

Any soldering device suitablefor thispurpose-` may be used and I havenotA attempted herein to illustrate in detail a complete solderingdevice; The soldering device illustrated comprises means for holding astick of solder with its enddn close proximity to the wires andlrneans`forlfleating the end of the stick of solder thereby fusingtitfsothat`drops of solder will be dropped therefrom at moreA flame althoughanyother meansfor heating the wire might `beused without departing-fromther invention. o

l-Bindcatesa stick of solder-.supported by a suitable'holderll so thatthe lower end'of the stick is. close-to'.the. wire and 17 indicates a.gas ameor othenheating device. by which the.A lowery endoff the solderstick is heated sufciently tov .causelthe solder'I to fuse so`thatdropslofV solder will` be delivereditherefromvat more orflessregularftirne` sticks, onefor dropping` the solder at the points 4 andthe other for droppingY the solder atl the l' points.5a. Hence asthespaced Wires move.- past the--` soldering device the solder will bedeposited thereon ,at spaced intervals.

together wires. pass over other direction pulleys mayf be, on-the'top orbottom .ofthe wires.

theplaces where the solder occursdue'to solder overlying `the top andbottom of the Wire.

If it-.is. desired that the Wiresofwhich-the tape-is made. should beplated With copper or f; otherlplating material then I-propose to pass.the wires; soldered together in the tape form through a platingapparatus so that the soldering and platingwill be performed as acontinuous operan, tion. Before theV wiresfcan be plated it is necesa lSary that they should be clean and so the wires,

From the rollers 13 the wire is passed toA to provide the tape assemblyincluding the wires and the solder connections, with an unbroken surfacecoating of metal. After the tape t emerges from thewater bath itis"desirable that it'l should be driedbefore" itP enters the plating bathandto provide for this I have shown an air blast 25 arranged to deliverair under pressure against the tape, this air blast serving to blowany.; surface Water therefrom and simultaneously Inlpassing through thesand bed it lis -prefer-A l ablel to-have the .Wire tape stand. on edgeas shown` because when the tape is in this positionr thereis.lesslikelihood-.that itvwilldrag the sandv out; of; the bed thanifthe tape were in a hori#vr zontal position. After coming from. the sand.

bedr 24'. the tape may be wound Onaspool 2 6;y This application is adivision ofc' application SerialNo. 441,364, filed April 3, 1930.,Whichap` plicationfhas matured into-,Patent No.` l;876,953,

September 13; 1932;

I claim: o v c l; Awre tape forV use in making tire casings, said tapecomprising a plurality of Wiresar ranged in spaced; parallel relationand'solderedJ together at'- spacedfintervals .along .the length ofV thetape, whereby-theV wires are metallically ingr,spaces,which` are viilledwith rubber when thetape,isincoiporated in. a tire casing. n

2,1rlwireatapef for use in makingtirezfcasinga rallgfd; infspacedparallel relationand-rigidly connectedby; solder.; at -spaced*intervalsalong`4 theirlengthsv by a -solder connection, which ,pres

metal.

3;- Aawire'tape for; use in rmaking tire casings,

saidtape; comprising` a plurality of wires arrangedp in spaced parallelrelation' andV rigidlyconnected-g.byb solder atgspaced intervals along.

their length, said tape assembly, including the lli) vunited'andrigidlyfconnected atsuch intervals.. and veach wire;v isH preventedfrom having` any1. turning movement; about; its axis relative to the Yother'wres thesseparation of thewires'proviol- After leaving thesoldering device the soldered-A .120 said tape comprising a plurality ofwiresv arev Wiresgand-g-thespaced solder connections, being I providedwith an unbroken surface coating of! metal.V I

' CEAS.k D. JOHNSON.

